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I am, at best, a reluctant crafter. The closest I usually get to crafting is a pinning frenzy on Pinterest. I don’t own a glue gun. I do have a bottle of Modge Podge I bought in 1998 for a project in my daughter’s nursery. But we have an issue here at Casa Bolsa.… [read more]
Are you getting pumped for Valentine’s Day? I try to keep things simple by doing one new DIY and one new recipe a year, but I love crafting and decorating and with Pinterest it’s so easy to get overwhelmed and want to make everything you see! But if I just do something different each year and… [read more]
Hi folks! My name is Leslee, and I have been helping out behind the scenes of M+BL since last year and this is my first post! My two-year-old daughter loves to paint, so today I’m sharing a fun Valentine’s Day painting craft we did recently. I love crafting and love making things with my daughter.… [read more]
Like I mentioned the other week, I am obsessed with collecting and archiving Penelope’s artwork. I wanted to figure out a way to do something special with her holiday artwork so I can bring them out for display each holiday as a part of my holiday decor. My living room has a couple of big… [read more]
I got this idea from my daughter’s preschool. On the last day of her month of preschool summer camp this summer, she brought home this little book of all the art she did. I loved it because it archived her art in a way that was easy to store. I have quite the process going… [read more]
I met Kimberlee of The Peaceful Mom in the Atlanta airport on my way to Blissdom ’12. She was so kind and warm and even though I was PISSED at Delta and their major flight schedule f-ups that day, I am thrilled I got to meet her. I was also super thrilled to hitchhike to… [read more]
I have been wanting to do a children’s art wall, since before I was even pregnant with Penelope. It’s one of those things I dreamed and envisioned about how my family home would be for a long time. I literally started dreaming about my home when I was 5. I remember setting up a fort… [read more]
I did a little crafting last week to lift my spirits a bit and to get into a mediative state. I think its pretty interesting how repetitive movements can pull you into a trance or quiet, still place without even trying. When I sit and mediate, it takes forever to my mind to settle.… [read more]
Like I mentioned in this post, I had some left over chalkboard paint from when I did Penelope’s playroom makeover. And now I wander around my house, mentally referring to my chalkboard pin board on Pinterest, trying to find things I can paint with chalkboard paint. One Fall, several years ago, I thought it would… [read more]
I had so much fun doing this project. It was time consuming, because I had to do several layers for each canvas. But like the ABC wall art, I did it a little bit a time and went slowly, doing a bit when I could. I found this is the best way to do projects… [read more]
I was so inspired by Penelope loving learning her ABC’s that I wanted to do something to keep that fire going. I had a ton of fun making Penelope’s ABC art for her newly redesigned playroom. It was a little time consuming, and a tad logistically difficult, since the painted ones needed 2 to 4… [read more]
Yesterday, I talked about Labyrinth’s and how awesome they are, and today I will show you how to draw one. You can draw one on anything; paper, sidewalk, paint one on a bed sheet (so you could walk it), you can even sew one, or make one in your back yard with river rocks. First,… [read more]
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